Birthday: 1958-05-01
Place of Birth: Uad Tazura, Smara, Western Sahara
Biography: Mariem Hassan was a Sahrawi singer and lyricist. She usually sang in Hassaniya, an Arabic variant spoken mostly in Western Sahara and Mauritania, occasionally singing in Saharan Spanish.
HAIYU interweaves Mariem Hassan’s music and her personal quest for her country’s independence with l...
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Mariem Hassan, Sahrawi refugee, composer and Western Sahara's most emblematic singer, died of cancer...
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